lunes, 1 de junio de 2009

Neem - Offside

Thanks to neem. A tree.It is just wonderful. Insecticide, fungicide and mitiside. Offside for bugs that chew our plants yet ok for bees and ladybirds and insects that help our plants = pretty cool.



Potatoes and Gooseberry Trees

Potatoe field doing well!!!

First year in production and the soil looks as if it is a little rich in nitrogen , as the potatoes are about the height of a gooseberry tree.

Talking of gooseberry trees I am reminded of a song, the words similarish to these lyrics I found on the net:


An Englishman, a Welshman and a Hebrew
They were sentenced to be hanged down Texas way
And they each wre asked to choose a tree to swing from
And they started with the Welshman right away
So the Welshman chose a pear tree and was happy
The Englishman said "Any tree will do"
So they chose for him an apple tree to swing from
When suddenly these words came from the Jew
"Hang me please from my favourite tree"
And the judge said "What tree will it be?"
"It's the tree I love best, it's my dying request
Hang me please from a gooseberry tree"
Then the judge said "But surely you know
That a gooseberry tree's awfully low"
"Oh all right then" says Mose
"I will wait til it grows
"Hang me please from a gooseberry tree"
I learned a version of this song many years ago, so long that
I can no longer remember where it came from but these were
the lyrics. The last line is to the tune of "In the shade of
the old apple tree" AZ
AZ
OCT98













Senor A and the Hardware




El Senor A, without his help and assistance - well we wouldn't be eating tomatoes and peppers just now. As the youngsters would say - a big shout to him.

martes, 19 de mayo de 2009

tomaces

Tomatoe progress. Looking rather pucker at present. digits crossed.

Why did Mrs.Tomatoe turn red ?
She saw Mr.Green Pea !








viernes, 15 de mayo de 2009

green ideas - Cuttings


Taking cuttings of Chrysanthemums

jueves, 14 de mayo de 2009

Chipping away


More to follow. The potatoe and melon field - well to be more accurate "The potatoe and melon field" withe a few more onions,peppers,aubergines,beans etc.

Green Onion Soup

Green onion soup

Good chicken stock, a kilo or so of these onions, a generous knob of butter, black pepper, salt (real salt as opposed to low salt things) and a handful of fresh parsley.